TV Land Renews "The Soul Man" for 4th Season

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TV Land’s "The Soul Man" Renewed for Fourth Season
by NELLIE ANDREEVA
August 4, 2014


TV Land has handed a fourth-season renewal to multi-camera comedy "The Soul Man", starring Cedric The Entertainer and Niecy Nash, for a 2015 premiere.

The order is for 12 episodes, matching the series’ freshman season after a 10-episode second cycle and an 8-episode third. Like it was the case with the show’s previous renewals, a key renewal factor was the show’s strong showing among Black viewers.

Despite a dip in Season 3, the "Hot in Cleveland" spinoff still has averaged a potent 3.19 rating among African-American Women 25-54 and a 2.65 rating with African-American Adults 25-54 in its first three seasons, a triple-digit gain over the channel’s prime average.





With the renewal of "The Soul Man", the "Hot in Cleveland" franchise solidifies its position as TV Land’s cornerstone for original multi-camera sitcoms as the network has been expanding in single-camera comedies with "Jennifer Falls", "Younger" and Jim Gaffigan’s eponymous comedy.

Besides "Cleveland" and "Soul Man", TV Land’s only established original multi-camera sitcom is "The Exes".

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